Marriage Lines (film)
| Marriage Lines | |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Christopher Muir |
| Based on | play by Clemence Dane |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | ABC |
Release date | 1962 |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Marriage Lines is a 1962 Australian TV play which was directed by Christopher Muir.
Plot
Publisher Felix Pilgram, married to Virgilia, has an affair with Lysette.
Cast
- Walter Sullivan as Felix Pilgram
- Patricia Kennedy as Virgilia Pilgrim
- Mary Ward as Lysette
- Moira Carleton as Chrissie, the Piglrims' retained
Reception
The Australian Woman's Weekly TV critic called the production "a half-and-half job. Christopher Muir's production was satisfyingly polished; the play itself was woeful. The A.B.C. decided to advertise this offering as a "sophisticated comedy." The theme—one woman trying to snaffle another's husband— can be funny, I suppose. But "Marriage Lines" was a melodrama of mothball manners... the cast had to battle with curiously dated dialogue... [a] sheer waste of good production and a goodish cast. "Marriage Lines" should have been murdered. Preferably at the dress rehearsal, if not before."[1]
References
- ↑ "GOOD PRODUCTION, GOOD CAST, BAD PLAY". The Australian Women's Weekly. 30, (28). Australia, Australia. 12 December 1962. p. 19. Retrieved 8 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.